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June 12, 2007

Abraham Lincoln

Mike's cousin loaned me a book about Abraham Lincoln. I think it's called The Unknown Lincoln and it was written by Dale Carnegie. Absolutely fascinating.

Lincoln was an abject failure up until he was elected president. He was suicidally depressed, had a sad, pathetic marriage to a madwoman, and didn't work hard enough to support himself because he would rather read. Wow. I can totally relate.

He was elected rather by accident. But the man was an intellectual giant. A complete genius. He was elected at 46 and died 7 yrs later. He spent the first part of his life preparing for the last 7.

Again, I say, WOW. If you get the chance to read it, I highly recommend it.